Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,840
30,850
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,913
30,834
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,123
24,235
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Health economics
health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,694
5,891
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,165
7,169
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
history of economic thought
history of economics
F. A. Hayek
the Austrian School of Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,557
5,894
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
financial econometrics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,142
5,094
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Microeconomics
Networks
Identity
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,016
8,009
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
financial intermediation
banking
venture capital
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,851
8,250
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Economics
Environment
Development
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
9,173
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Economics
Econometrics
Finance
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,792
2,652
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Macroeconomics
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,979
3,964
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Growth
development
Islam
Middle East
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,543
5,631
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,952
6,174
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Financial econometrics
Economic forecasting
Econometrics
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,600
8,047
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
labor
population economics
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,048
4,812
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
financial intermediation
market microstructure
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,871
3,934
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,714
4,818
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
health economics
health services research
stated preference studies
conjoint analysis
choice modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,320
6,098
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Mechanism Design
Market Design
Economics of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
5,566
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Corporate Finance
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,173
5,498
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Environmental and resource economics
particularly in developing countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,040
3,865
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Environmental economics
energy
climate change
land use
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,856
4,051
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Urban
Public
Discrimination
Inequality
Housing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,540
4,682
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Tax
Financial Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,481
6,798
0.649
Tim Bollerslev
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,840
30,850
0.241
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Campbell R Harvey
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,913
30,834
0.318
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
John R Graham
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,123
24,235
0.384
Frank A Sloan
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,694
5,891
0.192
Duncan Thomas
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,165
7,169
0.238
Bruce Caldwell
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,557
5,894
0.240
history of economic thought
history of economics
F. A. Hayek
the Austrian School of Economics
George Tauchen
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,142
5,094
0.211
financial econometrics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Rachel Kranton
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,016
8,009
0.364
Microeconomics
Networks
Identity
Institutions
Manju Puri
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,851
8,250
0.396
financial intermediation
banking
venture capital
entrepreneurship
Subhrendu K Pattanayak
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
9,173
0.460
Economics
Environment
Development
Health
David Arthur Hsieh
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,792
2,652
0.134
Economics
Econometrics
Finance
Statistics
Craig Burnside
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,979
3,964
0.209
Timur Kuran
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,543
5,631
0.304
Growth
development
Islam
Middle East
economic history
Alon Brav
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,952
6,174
0.344
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Andrew Patton
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,600
8,047
0.457
Financial econometrics
Economic forecasting
Econometrics
Finance
Economics
V Joseph Hotz
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,048
4,812
0.300
labor
population economics
applied econometrics
S Viswanathan
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,871
3,934
0.284
financial intermediation
market microstructure
corporate finance
Ravi Bansal
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,714
4,818
0.351
Shelby Reed
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,320
6,098
0.458
health economics
health services research
stated preference studies
conjoint analysis
choice modeling
Atila Abdulkadiroglu
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
5,566
0.462
Mechanism Design
Market Design
Economics of Education
David Robinson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,173
5,498
0.492
Corporate Finance
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Jeffrey R Vincent
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,040
3,865
0.350
Environmental and resource economics
particularly in developing countries
Brian Murray
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,856
4,051
0.373
Environmental economics
energy
climate change
land use
ecosystem services
Patrick Bayer
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,540
4,682
0.444
Urban
Public
Discrimination
Inequality
Housing
Scott D Dyreng
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,481
6,798
0.649
Tax
Financial Reporting